Associate and Resident Artists

Championing talent through long-term creative partnerships

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One of our key goals is to support artists and encourage them to be their most creative, to collaborate, to take risks, find new audiences and help them grow their profiles at home and internationally. Whether we're creating exclusive associations with national companies or championing emerging talent from the region, long-term partnerships are key to the creative vision for Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival.

Associate Companies 2024-2027

Brighton resident-led theatre company Brighton People’s Theatre and youth-led theatre company ThirdSpace Theatre and Carousel who are inspired by the ambitions and talents of learning disabled people. They will receive three years of support, space and will be in a mutually beneficial relationship with Brighton Dome.

Actors dressed as chefs and cooks standing around a thin stage, surrounded by an audience. The lights are dim, and there is one actor in the centre stage smiling.

Brighton Dome supports artists and companies to work with local communities, including offering additional funding so that they can grow their work and secure further support. As Associate Companies, both ThirdSpace Theatre and Brighton People’s Theatre will receive mentorship from Brighton Dome’s programming team, access to rehearsal space, and support for their work to reach new audiences. opportunities for their work to be included as part of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival’s programme. They will also help inform the organisation’s artistic programme and its approach to working closely with local communities.

The Associate Companies scheme builds on Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival’s existing In-House Artists programme, expanding the support it offers to local artists and companies. The recent refurbishment of the Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre, plus the new dedicated creative space Anita’s Room has enabled them to offer a wider and more accessible programme for artists and audiences.

Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival is an arts charity made up of an historic venue, music education hub Create Music and the largest curated arts festival in England. As a hub for artists across the region, it commissions and supports both emerging and established artists and companies, enabling them to develop, take risks and deliver work of the highest quality across theatre, circus, dance, spoken word, and music.